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TECH003: Elon Musk's Tesla Robotaxi, Optimus, and more w/ Cern Basher (Tech Podcast)

TECH003: Elon Musk's Tesla Robotaxi, Optimus, and more w/ Cern Basher (Tech Podcast)

Update: 2025-10-012
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Cern Basher joins Preston Pysh to talk about robotaxi and robo-trucking economics, Optimus humanoid robots, and Wall Street’s short-term blind spots.


Cern also unpacks Tesla’s Dojo shutdown, its true data moat, the macro impacts of autonomy and deflation, and why Bitcoin may be the ultimate corporate treasury hedge in this new era.




IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN:


00:00 - Intro


02:02 - Why Tesla shut down Dojo and what that means


08:14 - How Tesla’s data advantage beats hardware competition


09:12 - Why Tesla’s future lies in AI and robotics, not just vehicles


12:49 - The deflationary effects of autonomy on labor and goods


20:55 - How investors can exploit Wall Street’s short-term bias


21:26 - How robotaxis could beat Uber’s per-mile costs by 10x


28:02 - Why robo-trucking may surpass robotaxis in profitability


40:00 - Why Bitcoin could hedge corporate treasuries in a new economy


42:09 - How Optimus robots could drive labor costs under $1/hour


45:42 - The economics of Robot-as-a-Service and Tesla’s potential moat




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Bob

Thanks for a great conversation full of useful information.I now have a much better understanding of how TSLA can be valued. Many profit centers and optionality on even more potential profit centers.Elon is a smart guy with billions of data points on individuals at his fingertips. His transhumanism tendencies do unerve me a bit though.So we'll just focus on how much more evil google is and dwell on humanoid robots rather than the future misery of those allowed to exist as automated meat bags.

Oct 5th
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TECH003: Elon Musk's Tesla Robotaxi, Optimus, and more w/ Cern Basher (Tech Podcast)

TECH003: Elon Musk's Tesla Robotaxi, Optimus, and more w/ Cern Basher (Tech Podcast)

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